Ray Giles
Birth nameRaymond Giles
Date of birth (1961-01-15) 15 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birthKenfig Hill, Wales
SchoolCynffig Comprehensive School
Occupation(s)Steel worker[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
19??-1983
1983-1987
1987-1989
1989-1991		 Kenfig Hill RFC
Aberavon RFC
Cardiff RFC
Aberavon RFC
11
58
5
(0)
(36)
(0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1983-1987 Wales 3 (0)

Raymond Giles (born 15 January 1961) is a former Welsh and Aberavon RFC[2] and Cardiff RFC[3] rugby union player.

Career

He started his club career playing Kenfig Hill RFC until 1983, when he moved to Aberavon RFC, for whom he scored 11 points. Between 1987 and 1989 he played for Cardiff RFC, with 58 appearances and scoring 36 points, before returning to Aberavon in 1989 until ending his career in the 1991-92 season. Giles' first cap for Wales was during a match against Romania, in Bucharest, on 12 November 1983. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup Welsh squad, where he played only the match against Canada in Invercargill, which was his last match for Wales.[4]

Currently, Giles is a patron for Prostate Cymru, a Welsh organisation to raise prostate cancer awareness.[1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b What became of the 26 Welsh players who became Rugby World Cup cult heroes? Wales Online
  2. ^ Ray Giles profile at Aberavon Wizards RFC Aberavon Wizards RFC
  3. ^ Ray Giles profile at Cardiff RFC - Cardiff RFC
  4. ^ 31 players you forgot had been to a Rugby World Cup with Wales Wales Online
  5. ^ The Five Valleys sportive 2017 Prostate Cymru

External links

Wales squad – 1987 Rugby World Cup third place
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